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HOME, in a naval sense, either implies the situation of some object, where it retains it's full force of action; or where it is properly lodged for convenience or security. In the former sense it is applied to the sails; and in the latter, it usually refers to the stowage of the hold, or the anchors.When it is expressed of the sails, it denotes that their clues, or lower corners, are close to the blocks upon the yard-arm, immediately beneath them; it is therefore understood only of the loftier sails, as the top-sails, top-gallant-sails, and the studding-sails thereto belonging. Hence to haul home the top-sail theets, is to extend the bottom of the top-sail to the lower-yard, by means, of the sheets. See CLUE and SHEET.
In the stowage of the hold, &c. a cask, bale, or case, is said to be borne, when it bears against, or lies close to some other object, without leaving any interval between; and indeed the security, or firmness of the stowage, greatly depends on this circumstance.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 157, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0715.html